Susanna Tardi è professoressa di Sociologia alla William Paterson University. Le sue pubblicazioni comprendono The Traditional Italian American Family is Alive and Well and Living in New Jersey, «Italian American Review» (1996); The Influence of the Italian Family on Social and Political Behavior, in Pubblico e Privato: Italian and American Experiences (1998); Out with the Old, In with the New? Into the Millennium: Norms and Values among Italian–American Students, in Millennium Haze: Comparative Inquiries About Society, State and Community (2000); The Adaptation of Old vs New: Italians and Mexicans in Perspective, in Uncertainty and Insecurity in the New Age: Studies in Italian Americana (2009). Nel 1999 una sua conferenza pubblica, The Sopranos: Desperately Seeking Real Italians, ha destato attenzione a livello internazionale. È attivista sindacale e presidente della local 1796 della American Federation of Teachers.
